What to Expect

We gather every Sunday morning for fellowship, faith formation

We gather every Sunday morning for fellowship, faith formation, and corporate worship. If you are new to our community or congregation we hope the following answers will help you participate in our worshipping life. If you have any additional questions, please contact us.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

WHERE SHOULD I GO?

Our service begins in the sanctuary at 10am on Sunday mornings. If you need wheelchair access you are invited to enter through the east entrance.

ARE CHILDREN WELCOME?

Yes! Jesus said, “Let the children come to me,” and we welcome the praise of children in our congregation. We have nursery care for the littlest ones among us. Children are also welcome to attend Sunday School at 9am.

WHY DO THE COLORS IN THE SANCTUARY CHANGE SOMETIMES?

The colors in the sanctuary change to reflect the current season of the church year. For Christians, the year begins with the season of Advent (four weeks before Christmas day) and ends with Christ the King Sunday, in November. Between Advent and Christ the King, we celebrate Christmastide, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Eastertide, and the Season After Pentecost (or, Ordinary Time). The seasons help to reorder our weekly rhythms and stories, letting them sync to God’s story instead of our own.

WHY DO YOU SEEM TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO A LECTURN, TABLE AND BOWL OF WATER?

Signs and symbols serve us all the time in life. We use street signs to know where we are and where we’re supposed to go. A wedding ring may serve to symbolize unending love and commitment. A warning sign tells us to keep away for our safety. So too, in worship, we come and gather around liturgical “furniture” which points us to what is really going on.
We gather around a bowl of water (called a font) to remembering that for Christians, water is thicker than blood. We believe that in baptism, by the Holy Spirit, we are united to Jesus and adopted into the family of God. We gather around a lectern with a Bible (called a pulpit), to remember that Jesus is the living Word of God who has spoken and who continues to speak to us, especially through the written word of Scripture. We gather around a table to taste and see again and again that our God is not far off but lifts us into his presence, spreading a table before us and inviting us to come and eat the bread of life and drink the cup of salvation. The communion table is an invitation to remember Christ’s work, to have fellowship with Christ himself and be nourished by his Spirit, and to hopefully long toward the day when we will feast with him in the new heavens and the new earth.